Alain de Botton

Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion Alain de Botton Alain de Botton's aphoristic first novel, On Love, was a winking dissertation on romantic love, published when he was just 23. It was followed by several books that explored a philosophy of everyday life, including The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life, which have achieved bestselling status in 30 countries. He also founded and helps to run The School of Life in London, dedicated to a new vision of education on how to live well. In Religion for Atheists, de Botton offers a practical and provocative argument for religion as a secular resource, boldly encouraging non-believers to borrow from the great wisdoms and beautiful rituals of world religions for everything from building a sense of community to escaping 24-hour media consumption. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here

Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Alain de Botton

Tickets £10 At a time of growing unemployment, work, infrastructure and industry are the big topics of the day. Freud thought that love and work made the world go round, Bloomsbury thought work should be fulfilling and involve making things - whether paintings,lampshades or novels. With his customary combination of philosophy and wit, Alain de Botton asks fundamental questions, such as whether craft can survive in the age of call centres, and accompanies us on some work experience from rocket science to biscuit manufacture, taking in art along the way. He is a founder of The School of Life. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)

Alain de Botton reads from The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.

Due to incredible popular demand we are able to offer an opportunity to you to meet Alain de Botton at Readings Hawthorn. Alain will read from his new book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work and sign copies. No seats available. Standing room only. This is a free event, but we ask you to book on 9819 1917 or by email. Space at Hawthorn Readings is very limited so book now. (trackbianca)… (more)

Alain de Botton discusses The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.

Tickets: £6 - Tickets include a free glass of wine. Alain de Botton is a British writer and television producer of Swiss Jewish extraction. His books and television programmes discuss various subjects in a somewhat philosophical style while maintaining relevance to everyday life. De Botton has written essayistic books (both fiction and non-fiction) which refer both to his own experiences and ideas interwoven with those of artists, philosophers, and thinkers. It is a style of writing that has been referred to as a "philosophy of everyday life." His books have been published in 20 languages. Alain de Botton introduces The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, exploring the modern workplace and what makes jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)

Alain de Botton discusses The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.

We spend much of our lives at work – but surprisingly little gets written about what makes work both one of the most exciting and most painful of all our activities. Alain de Botton comes to Jewish Book Week to present his new, ninth book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. This is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, evoking what other people get up to all day – and night – to make the frenzied contemporary world function. With a philosophical eye and his characteristic combination of wit and wisdom, Alain de Botton leads us on a journey around a deliberately eclectic range of occupations, from rocket science to biscuit manufacture, accountancy to art – in search of what make jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying. Along the way de Botton skilfully raises the big questions we all tend to ask of our work: What is the right job for me? How can I make the most of my talents? What should I be aiming for in my career? The book and de Botton's talk amounts to a celebration and investigation of an activity as central to a good life as love – but which we often find remarkably hard to reflect on properly. As de Botton points out, most of us are still working at jobs chosen for us by our sixteen-year-old selves. (Grammath)… (more)

Alain de Botton discusses The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.

Tickets: £6 - Tickets include a free glass of wine. Alain de Botton is a British writer and television producer of Swiss Jewish extraction. His books and television programmes discuss various subjects in a somewhat philosophical style while maintaining relevance to everyday life. De Botton has written essayistic books (both fiction and non-fiction) which refer both to his own experiences and ideas interwoven with those of artists, philosophers, and thinkers. It is a style of writing that has been referred to as a "philosophy of everyday life." His books have been published in 20 languages. Alain de Botton introduces The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, exploring the modern workplace and what makes jobs either fulfilling or soul-destroying. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)